A Cycle Touring Expedition Around The World

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Distance: 124.4 km Ride time: 7:09:53 Average: 17.4 km/h Max speed: 35.3 km/h Total: 57926 km The temperature was 2°C as I packed my tent and started cycling into the steady head wind coming from the north – nature is still throwing challenges at me, but with the prospect of crossing the Danish border later [ Read More ]

Distance: 113.4 km Ride time: 6:53:53 Average: 16.4 km/h Max speed: 30.2 km/h Total: 57802 km The morning was considerably more sunny than what I have experienced lately as I made my way towards Hamburg. Now, nothing comes for free, and I was paying for the sunshine in terms of a strong head wind, bringing [ Read More ]

Distance: 119.8 km Ride time: 6:39:22 Average: 18.0 km/h Max speed: 28.8 km/h Total: 57689 km After a big breakfast with Carsten, Tom, Louis, and the rest of the people at Hotel Hellers Krug it was time for the inevitable goodbye and Auf Wiedersehen. Thanks again, Carsten, for making the German chapter of the ride [ Read More ]

Distance: 55.8 km Ride time: 3:22:35 Average: 16.5 km/h Max speed: 32.4 km/h Total: 57569 km After having slept next to the Weser river I was on the bike early, enjoying the morning atmosphere of the German country side. Today’s plan was to cycle to Hannover and meet up with my friend Tom. Together we [ Read More ]

Distance: 123.3 km Ride time: 7:04:21 Average: 17.4 km/h Max speed: 36.4 km/h Total: 57513 km Some days on the road are filled with action while others are mostly about getting from A to B – that’s how things must necessarily be if your goal is to cycle around the world. Well, now my goal [ Read More ]

Distance: 115.2 km Ride time: 6:01:47 Average: 19.1 km/h Max speed: 42.5 km/h Total: 57390 km River and canals seem to be a recurrent theme of the ride through central Europe. Today, first thing in the morning, I crossed the mighty Rhine, the 2nd largest river on the continent. In Denmark we don’t have big [ Read More ]

Distance: 51.7 km Ride time: 2:31:29 Average: 20.5 km/h Max speed: 34.6 km/h Total: 57275 km I had enjoyed my time in The Netherlands immensely – which was why I was feeling sad that today would be a day of goodbyes. Goodbye to Manon who was flying back to Colombia, and goodbye to Holland as [ Read More ]

0 km. Another day spent doing sight seeing stuff in Berlin. Lots of tourists around – I think I read that Berlin is the 3rd most visited place in Europe. And there really is a lot to see. I took my bike and went for a ride around the shiny and polished city center. On [ Read More ]

0 km. After 5 consecutive days on the bike I decided to take it easy today. Spent the morning uploading photos and updating the website from the nice hostel lobby. Even cheap hostels in Berlin has nice lobbies. I shared my room with a couple of lads from New Zeeland and a guy from Australia. [ Read More ]

Distance: 152.6 km Ridetime: 9:01:30 Average: 16.9 km/h Total distance: 498 km A very long day on the road! In the beginning of the day I thought I had found the perfect route along a few lakes and through a forest into the next village. However, the next moment the road was blocked by a [ Read More ]